In our newest episode, we join roving reporter Kat Bolstad at the Cephalopod International Advisory Council in Okinawa and hear from some of the most interesting people in Cephalopod research. 

Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading.

Our episode this month is a fascinating collection of interviews from the Cephalopod International Advisory Council Meeting that took place Oct-Nov in Okinawa Japan. Join Kat Bolstad, our roving reporter, as she takes time between bug hunting, seeing her first wild cuttlefish and shaking hands with a new octopus friend to collect interviews with some of the coolest names in Ceph science with a focus on the deep-sea. We hear from 12 Cephalopod experts on a wide variety of topics, including the preferred snacks for cephalopods, the effects of oxygen depletion on egg hatching, water temperature and acidification effects on cephalopod populations, and of course, the correct answer to the viral question: are octopuses actually ALIENS?

The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us:

Elisabeth Grace Diemer

Nes Morgan

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Thom - @ThomLinley 

Thom - @thom.linley 

Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions

Thom @thomaslinley.com

 Alan @hadalbloke

Unseen Ocean Collective.

Unseen Ocean Collective (@unseenoceancollective) • Instagram photos and videos

https://bsky.app/profile/unseenocean.bsky.social

Kat’s Socials

Bluesky: @autsquidsquad.bsky.social

Sarah McAnulty

Skype a Scientist SkypeAScientist.com 

Squidfacts.net  

Kristina Fleetwood 

Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

Décima lab website

Meg Mindlin

Invertibabe 

Toni’s socials 

Twitter,  

ResearchGate 

ORCID 

Toni’s Research Group

Funcionamiento y Vulnerabilidad de Ecosistemas Marinos | Institut de Ciències del Mar

Other Links

@Tailsfromthedeep 

Global biodiversity of the genus Ommastrephes (Ommastrephidae: Cephalopoda): an allopatric cryptic species complex 

Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of the giant squid Architeuthis

Spatial ecology of Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus in Mediterranean deep-water environments: implications for designing no-take marine reserves (MEPS)

Diel and seasonal patterns of Nephrops norvegicus (Decapoda: Nephropidae) catchability in the western Mediterranean

Antarctic octos as records and predictors of climate-related changes in the Antarctic “Emerging evidence of abrupt changes in the Antarctic environment“ 

Danna Staaf books 

Cephalopod camouflage bibliography on Zotero

AUT Lab for Cephalopod Ecology & Systematics aka AUT ‘Squid Squad’

Cephalopod Images and Footage

Keishu Asada Instagram

CIAC 2025 website, programme, book of abstracts

https://www.ryo-minemizu.com/ 

Keishu Asada Marine Videos

Keishu Asada Instagram 

@PeterandtheOctopus 

Song of the month: Tornado of Souls, by Megadeth, performed by medium-sized Jamieson.

Logo image: Photo credit to Peter Morse @PeterAndTheOctopus 

Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel

In our newest episode, we join roving reporter Kat Bolstad at the Cephalopod International Advisory Council in Okinawa and hear from some of the most interesting people in Cephalopod research. 

Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading.

Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea! 

The Professor is still down under, organizing conferences and recuperating from Old Mate’s Classic Aussie Sausage Sizzle, a robust event filled with friends of the podcast and still felt 24 hours later. 

Thom is freshly back from another big ocean/small boat adventure, in which the ocean always wins and his stomach always loses… everything. He is also stretching his creative muscles and curating an exciting new museum exhibit called Breathe | Mauri Ora at Te Papa, an examination of science into art by Marshmallow Lazer Feast. 

Our episode this month is a fascinating collection of interviews from the Cephalopod International Advisory Council Meeting that took place Oct-Nov in Okinawa Japan. Join Kat Bolstad, our roving reporter, as she takes time between bug hunting, seeing her first wild cuttlefish and shaking hands with a new octopus friend to collect interviews with some of the coolest names in Ceph science with a focus on the deep-sea. We hear from 12 Cephalopod experts on a wide variety of topics, including the preferred snacks for cephalopods, the effects of oxygen depletion on egg hatching, water temperature and acidification effects on cephalopod populations, and of course, the correct answer to the viral question: are octopuses actually ALIENS?

In the news, get ready for updates on:

On the Discord, we’ve been busy with:

The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us:

Elisabeth Grace Diemer

Nes Morgan

Check out our podcast merch here!

Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on:

[email protected]

We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone!

https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail

Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time!

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https://twitter.com/Hadalbloke

Thom - @ThomLinley 

https://twitter.com/ThomLinley

Thom - @thom.linley 

https://www.instagram.com/thom.linley/

Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions

https://www.instagram.com/inkfishexpeditions/

Thom @thomaslinley.com

https://bsky.app/profile/thomaslinley.com

 Alan @hadalbloke

https://bsky.app/profile/hadalbloke.bsky.social

Deep-Sea News

World's largest rays may be diving to extreme depths to build mental maps of vast oceans

China launches AI tool for deep-sea research

Fat Molecules in Deep-Sea Mud Volcanoes Reveal How Microbes Survive Extreme Conditions | Discover Magazine

Putative promiscuous symbionts in deep-sea corals and crinoids may contribute to nitrogen cycling | Microbiome

Unseen Ocean Collective.

Unseen Ocean Collective (@unseenoceancollective) • Instagram photos and videos

https://bsky.app/profile/unseenocean.bsky.social

Holiday Party! Join Patreon here to get access to the Holiday party!

Kat’s Socials

Bluesky: @autsquidsquad.bsky.social

Sarah McAnulty

Skype a Scientist SkypeAScientist.com 

Squidfacts.net  

Kristina Fleetwood 

Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

Décima lab website

Meg Mindlin

Invertibabe 

Toni’s socials 

Twitter,  

ResearchGate 

ORCID 

Toni’s Research Group

Funcionamiento y Vulnerabilidad de Ecosistemas Marinos | Institut de Ciències del Mar

Other Links

@Tailsfromthedeep 

Global biodiversity of the genus Ommastrephes (Ommastrephidae: Cephalopoda): an allopatric cryptic species complex 

Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of the giant squid Architeuthis

Spatial ecology of Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus in Mediterranean deep-water environments: implications for designing no-take marine reserves (MEPS)

Diel and seasonal patterns of Nephrops norvegicus (Decapoda: Nephropidae) catchability in the western Mediterranean

Antarctic octos as records and predictors of climate-related changes in the Antarctic “Emerging evidence of abrupt changes in the Antarctic environment“ 

Danna Staaf books 

Cephalopod camouflage bibliography on Zotero

AUT Lab for Cephalopod Ecology & Systematics aka AUT ‘Squid Squad’

Cephalopod Images and Footage

Keishu Asada Instagram

CIAC 2025 website, programme, book of abstracts

Keishu Asada Marine Videos

Keishu Asada Instagram 

@PeterandtheOctopus 

Song of the month: Tornado of Souls, by Megadeth, performed by medium-sized Jamieson.

Logo image: Photo credit to Peter Morse @PeterAndTheOctopus 

Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel

PRESSURISED: Bioluminescent Symbiosis with Margaret McFall-Ngai | The Deep-Sea Podcast | Episode 63

Our guest this month is Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai, an animal physiologist and biochemist who is a staff researcher at Carnegie Institution for Science’s Division of Biosphere Sciences and Engineering, with her lab stationed at the California Institute of Technology in Biology and Biological Engineering. Dr. McFal-Ngai talks us through her work on the stable beneficial relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) and its partner, the luminous bacterium Vibrio fischeri. Although technically not a deep-sea species, this relationship and its details might help us understand how deep-sea life creates bioluminescence and the possible life cycle impacts for the creatures involved. 

Crypt - The chambers within the squid's light organ.

The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us:

Sophie Bagshaw

Laura

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Thom @thomaslinley.com

 Alan @hadalbloke

A lasting symbiosis: how the Hawaiian bobtail squid finds and

keeps its bioluminescent bacterial partner

A lasting symbiosis: how Vibrio fischeri finds a squid partner

and persists within its natural host

Logo image: Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai

Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel

In our newest episode, Bioluminescent Symbiosis, we speak with Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai, an animal physiologist and biochemist about her work with the Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) and its partner, the luminous bacterium Vibrio fischeri. McFall-Ngai provides a great synopsis of how this stable beneficial relationship not only creates light, and supports the bobtail maturation, but can also help us understand what could be going on in the light organs of deep-sea animals.

Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading.

Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea! 

The Professor is jetsetting as always, back in Edinburgh after a stint getting all the equipment ready in the Canary Island and is now happily being confused with professional racecar drivers. He will be back in Perth shortly to celebrate the Deep-Sea center paper publishing streak and reconnect with his Capybara spirit animal. 

Thom is being called out in New Zealand Parliament, for all the right reasons, and he spent some Deep-Sea conference time in China, avoiding typhoons and pondering science ideas. 

We are also celebrating 300,000 podcast downloads of the podcast, and appreciate our fans immensely! 

Our guest this month is Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai, an animal physiologist and biochemist who is a staff researcher at Carnegie Institution for Science’s Division of Biosphere Sciences and Engineering, with her lab stationed at the California Institute of Technology in Biology and Biological Engineering. Dr. McFal-Ngai talks us through her work on the stable beneficial relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) and its partner, the luminous bacterium Vibrio fischeri. Although technically not a deep-sea species, this relationship and its details might help us understand how deep-sea life creates bioluminescence and the possible life cycle impacts for the creatures involved. 

In the news, get ready for updates on:

‘

On the Discord, we’ve been busy with:

The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us:

Sophie Bagshaw

Laura

Check out our podcast merch here!

Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on:

[email protected]

We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone!

https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail

Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time!

BlueSky: @deepseapod.com

Twitter: @DeepSeaPod

Instagram: @deepsea_podcast

Twitter: 

Alan - @Hadalbloke

Thom - @ThomLinley 

Instagram: 

Thom - @thom.linley 

Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions

BlueSky:

Thom @thomaslinley.com

 Alan @hadalbloke

Links from Friends of the Show:

Skype a Scientist

Products | Support Skype a Scientist with the Squid Facts shop!

Deep Sea Biology Society ArtSea Matchmaking Project

Unseen Ocean Collective.

Unseen Ocean Collective (@unseenoceancollective) • Instagram photos and videos

https://bsky.app/profile/unseenocean.bsky.social

Swedish Biodiversity Symposium, 21 - 23 October 2025

Deep Sea Art + Science Feed on Blue Sky

Deep-Sea Worm Produces Orpiment, a Toxic Yellow Pigment Used in Historical Art | Scientific American

Mānoa: Chewbacca coral: New deep-sea species spotted in waters off Hawai‘i, Mariana Trench | University of Hawaii News

Nations ratify the world's first treaty to protect international waters

Ghost sharks grow teeth on their heads to mate | ScienceDaily

Descriptions of Three Newly Discovered Abyssal Snailfishes (Liparidae) from the Eastern Pacific Ocean

Applying Deep Learning to Quantify Drivers of Long-Term Ecological Change in a Swedish Marine Protected Area

Diatoms | Board Game | BoardGameGeek

Juicy Booty Starfish

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A lasting symbiosis: how the Hawaiian bobtail squid finds and

keeps its bioluminescent bacterial partner

A lasting symbiosis: how Vibrio fischeri finds a squid partner

and persists within its natural host

Logo image: Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai

Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel

Here’s our fourth episode of The Deco-Stop; a deeper look into the humans behind deep-sea science and technology. We’ve done our science dive, and now it’s time to decompress, and discuss tales at sea, career paths and the social & political aspects of deep-sea science. We have gazed into the abyss, and now it's gazing back at us.

Alan and Thom speak with Yakup Niyazi, a marine geoscientist who first saw the ocean at the age of 27. This fourth instalment in the Deco-Stop series, which focuses on the human element of deep-sea research, is an inspiring episode about one man’s journey from the desert to the bottom of the ocean, his challenges, achievements, and the deep community support he received along the way. 

Check out our lovely new website, where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading.

Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, this month we have a heartwarming Deco Stop episode and are again exploring …‘the human element in deep sea stories..’ - Alan 

In our fourth instalment of the Deco-Stop series, Alan and Thom speak with Yakup Niyazi about his journey from the edge of the Asian Desert to the bottom of the ocean. An ethnic Uyghur who grew up in the city of Aksu, at the edge of the Taklamakan Desert in Central Asia, Yakup grew up not only physically but also emotionally and culturally removed from the sea. Yakup's early experiences pose some interesting questions: What is it like to grow up in a culture that doesn’t really have a concept of the ocean, and few descriptive words for the ocean? How do you interact with the ocean if your only experiences are from movies and television? 

His incredible story is filled with overcoming adversity, fulfilled dreams, landscapes (and seascapes) that come full circle, and a deeper appreciation of the ocean than most people will ever experience. Despite humble beginnings, Yakup has an impressive roster of achievements and a social circle of supportive connections who only want to see him succeed further. 

This inspiring episode reminds us that, regardless of our original circumstances, the world is a vast place filled with incredible opportunities. One day, you might find yourself exiting a hadal submarine,  surrounded by the heartwarming cheers of friends and colleagues, having successfully visited the bottom of the ocean you only saw for the first time at age 27. 

The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us.

Check out our podcast merch here!

Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on:

[email protected]

We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone!

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Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time!

BlueSky: @deepseapod.com

Twitter: @DeepSeaPod

Instagram: @deepsea_podcast

Alan - @Hadalbloke

Thom - @ThomLinley 

Thom - @thom.linley 

Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions

Thom @thomaslinley.com

Logo image: Georgia Wells

Theme: Going Home by Harvey Jones

Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading.

In a follow-up to one of our favourite episodes, Ep 10 Here be Monsters, we bring Tyler Greenfield back for another fascinating chat, this time about Mythbusting in the age of Artificial Intelligence. Our feeds have been filled with images of mermaids, bizarre creatures supposedly from the depths and even strange barnacle washing videos, so we ask Tyler to bring his expertise to weigh in on the prevalence and problems with AI images. 

Tyler Greenfield is a paleontologist and cryptozoologist whose blog, Incertae Sedis reveals the truth behind some cryptozoological stories and paleontological mistakes. Since his appearance on episode 10, Tyler has finished his bachelor’s, written a good few papers, appeared on other podcasts (none as good as his debut of course) and is almost done with his masters and is about to start his PhD. He was even a credited consultant on the new (2025) Walking with Dinosaurs.

The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us:

Hugo Shiboski

Check out our podcast merch here!

Join our Patreon to get access to the Discord

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Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on:

[email protected]

We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone!

https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail

Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time!

BlueSky: @deepseapod.com

Twitter: @DeepSeaPod

Instagram: @deepsea_podcast

Alan - @Hadalbloke

Thom - @ThomLinley 

Thom - @thom.linley 

Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions

Thom @thomaslinley.com

The original article for our unfortunate ‘squid’ image 

“Colossal Squid Filmed Alive for the First Time”: Juvenile Deep-Sea Monster Captured on Camera in South Atlantic Stuns Scientists - Sustainability Times

How A Golden Nurse Shark Made History

 Tyler’s master’s/doctorate research

AI coelacanth hoax

Logo image: AI image originally used by Sustainability Times- AI images are not made by humans and cannot be copyrighted. (Sorry, not sorry) 

Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel

Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading.

Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea! Join Alan in the Industrial Badlands of the Canary Islands as he cuts holes in ships, while Thom rubs elbows with New Zealand’s political elite.

In the news, get ready for updates on:

On the Discord, we’ve been busy with:

Tyler Greenfield is a paleontologist and cryptozoologist whose blog, Incertae Sedis reveals the truth behind some cryptozoological stories and paleontological mistakes. Since his appearance on episode 10, Tyler has finished his bachelor’s, written a good few papers, appeared on other podcasts (none as good as his debut of course) and is almost done with his masters and is about to start his PhD. He was even a credited consultant on the new (2025) Walking with Dinosaurs.

The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us:

Hugo Shiboski

Check out our podcast merch here!

Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on:

[email protected]

We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone!

https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail

Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time!

BlueSky: @deepseapod.com

Twitter: @DeepSeaPod

Instagram: @deepsea_podcast

Alan - @Hadalbloke

Thom - @ThomLinley 

Thom - @thom.linley 

Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions

Thom @thomaslinley.com

Join our Patreon to get access to the Discord

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Te Papa Biodiversity Centre Press Release

Deep-Sea Desalination Pulls Fresh Water from the Depths | Scientific American

Deep-sea octopus footage could revolutionize flexible robot design - Earth.com

Humans descend into huge deep-sea canyon for first time ever. What they find is astounding | Discover Wildlife

Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches | Nature

The deepest-diving whales could inspire new treatments for stroke and cancer | National Geographic

Neurodegenerative Diseases: What Can Be Learned from Toothed Whales? - PMC

The original article for our unfortunate ‘squid’ image 

“Colossal Squid Filmed Alive for the First Time”: Juvenile Deep-Sea Monster Captured on Camera in South Atlantic Stuns Scientists - Sustainability Times

How A Golden Nurse Shark Made History

 Tyler’s master’s/doctorate research

 Blogposts:

Other papers by Tyler:

  Some of Tyler’s work on megalodon in cryptozoology

Onchopristis paper by Eduardo Villalobos-Segura et al

The BBC posted a clip of Spinosaurus hunting Onchopristis from "Walking with Dinosaurs" on YouTube, which anyone should be able to watch. The entire episode should be available for free on the BBC website for anyone in the UK and on the PBS website for anyone in the USA.

AI coelacanth hoax

https://sharonahill.com/fake-california-coelacanth/

Three-fingered alien mummies

Paleontologist Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi’s skeptical analysis of the mummies.

Former paleontologist Clifford Miles’ website and ‘paper.’ 

YouTuber History with Kayleigh made a skeptical video about Miles’ work, which would be more savory to link.

Nazca Mummies Are A New ALIEN Species?!

Song of the month: This might be it by Hyphen

Logo image: AI image originally used by Sustainability Times- AI images are not made by humans and cannot be copyrighted. 

Phone answering machine from Sound Effects Factory 

Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel

Guest Interview: Nutrient cycling in the hadal trenches (6 to 11 km) and the crucial role they play in global element cycling. Professor Ronnie N. Glud, a leading biochemist and Director of the Danish Centre for Hadal Research (HADAL) talks us through how the trenches, once thought to be barren, are actually "dynamic deep-sea hotspots with intensified microbial activity and diversity". Learn about:

We also have a surprise blobfish guest!

The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us:

C Wright

Check out our podcast merch here!

Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on:

[email protected]

We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone!

https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail

Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time!

BlueSky: @deepseapod.com

Twitter: @DeepSeaPod

Instagram: @deepsea_podcast

Alan - @Hadalbloke

Thom - @ThomLinley 

Thom - @thom.linley 

Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions

Thom @thomaslinley.com

Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches

Element cycling and microbial life in the hadal realm

Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel

Logo image: Ronnie N. Glud

Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea! Join Dr. Thom Linley and Professor Alan Jamieson as they dive into the latest from the abyssal plain and beyond.

Deep Sea News Highlights: We kick things off with a rethinking of the deep-sea boundary! Professor Alan Jamieson discusses his recent "food for thought" paper that challenges the long-held 200-meter definition, arguing for a more scientifically relevant boundary of 1,000 meters. Find out why this seemingly arbitrary line might be doing "a lot of damage" to our understanding and attitude towards the deep sea.

Also in the news, get ready for updates on:

Guest Interview: Nutrient cycling in the hadal trenches (6 to 11 km) and the crucial role they play in global element cycling. Professor Ronnie N. Glud, a leading biochemist and Director of the Danish Centre for Hadal Research (HADAL), talks us through how the trenches, once thought to be barren, are actually "dynamic deep-sea hotspots with intensified microbial activity and diversity". Learn about:

We also have a surprise blobfish guest!

The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us:

C Wright

Check out our podcast merch here!

Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on:

[email protected]

We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone!

Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time!

BlueSky: @deepseapod.com

Twitter: @DeepSeaPod

Instagram: @deepsea_podcast

Alan - @Hadalbloke

Thom - @ThomLinley 

Thom - @thom.linley 

Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions

Thom @thomaslinley.com

John Young Buchanan - Chemist on the Challenger Expedition

Edward Forbes - Deep-sea naturalist

Sir John Murray - Father of modern oceanography

Notable people buried in Dean Cemetery

Join our Patreon to get access to the Discord

The supergiant amphipod wiki page

Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches

Element cycling and microbial life in the hadal realm

Reconsidering the term ‘deep sea’ | ICES Journal of Marine Science | Oxford Academic

Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities Expeditions

Historic Shipwrecks Come to Light in the Great Lakes - The New York Times

Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary -- Live!

Deep-sea Limpet named after OnePiece character

Microbial Life on Earth: A Model for the Cosmos

Reef Chat from Moku Art Studio with Paola Santiago Padua and Meghan Jones 

Scientists find bioplastic that vanishes 80% even in extreme deep-sea conditions

Unveiling deep-sea biodegradation of microbially produced lactate-based polyester (LAHB) via plastisphere metagenomics and metatranscriptomics - ScienceDirect

Alan appeared on another podcast too:

We've Only Explored 0.001% of the Deep Sea - What's Lurking Below? | Discover Magazine Podcast 

Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel

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In this month's episode, we discuss mesophotic reefs, the deeper extents of coral reefs that have been overlooked in the past. It’s a wild ride that leads us to homemade hyperbaric chambers, the aquarium trade and the world’s most expensive fish. Strap in for a rollercoaster ride as we dive to the limits of scuba. 

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Mesophotic fish collecting video

Taken by Ghislain Bardout from Under The Pole. The diver is Timothy Bennett, and he was collecting for the Australian Museum Research Expedition.

One of Kai’s recent mesophotic reef papers

The hyperbaric chamber for fishes

The paper where the chamber is described

The peppermint Angelfish

Kai’s video of the peppermint angel

Teresa’s project

Her recent paper on black corals

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